Additional Velero configuration

If the cluster is running slowly, you may need to adjust the Velero resource limits as well as the default liveness and readiness probe parameters to ensure that backup and restore operations work properly.

The below table shows the Velero values and settings that may need to be adjusted if your cluster is running slowly.

Table 1. Velero configuration settings
Parameter Description Default value
velero.nodeAgent.resources.requests.memory Memory requests 128Mi
velero.nodeAgent.resources.limits.memory Memory limits 512Mi
velero.nodeAgent.resources.requests.cpu CPU requests 500m
velero.nodeAgent.resources.limits.cpu CPU limits 1000m
velero.nodeAgent.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds LivenessProbe initialDelaySeconds

10

velero.nodeAgent.livenessProbe.periodSeconds LivenessProbe periodSeconds 30
velero.nodeAgent.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds=10 LivenessProbe timeoutSeconds 5
velero.nodeAgent.livenessProbe.failureThreshold LivenessProbe failureThreshold 5
velero.nodeAgent.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds ReadinessProbe initialDelaySeconds 10
velero.nodeAgent.readinessProbe.periodSeconds ReadinessProbe periodSeconds 30
velero.nodeAgent.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds ReadinessProbe timeoutSeconds 5
velero.nodeAgent.readinessProbe.failureThreshold ReadinessProbe failureThreshold 5